Security Advisor Contracts in England

Security Adviser
UK > England

The median Security Adviser daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 531 648
Rank change year-on-year +56 +117 +127
Contract jobs requiring a Security Advisor 10 11 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.030% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.032% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 2
10th Percentile - £560 £439
25th Percentile £388 £583 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £628 £563
Median % change year-on-year -16.33% +11.56% +0.45%
75th Percentile £593 £853 £653
90th Percentile £687 £1,050 £696
UK median daily rate £555 £595 £550
% change year-on-year -6.72% +8.18% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87.50 - £19.35
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £20.70
75th Percentile £92.50 - £22.05
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £90.00 - £20.70

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Security Advisor
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Security Advisor in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Advisor in England

Security Advisor
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Advisor in England.

Daily rate trend for Security Advisor in England

Security Advisor
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Advisor in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Advisor in England

Security Advisor
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Advisor in England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Advisor in England

Security Advisor
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Advisor within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +50 6 £750 +30.72% 20
London +33 2 £400 -36.25% 5
Midlands - 1 £525 - 17
South West - 1 £585 - 9
West Midlands - 1 £525 - 10
Security Advisor
UK

Security Advisor Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Security Advisor contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Security Advisor in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 7 (70.00%) Risk Assessment
2 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (60.00%) Security Architecture
3 6 (60.00%) Decision-Making
4 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
4 5 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 5 (50.00%) Information Security
5 4 (40.00%) Firewall
5 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
6 3 (30.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (30.00%) Information Assurance
6 3 (30.00%) DevOps
6 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (30.00%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (30.00%) Darktrace
6 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (30.00%) NCSC
7 2 (20.00%) NIST
7 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
7 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
7 2 (20.00%) GCP
7 2 (20.00%) Driving Licence
7 2 (20.00%) SIEM
7 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
7 2 (20.00%) Case Management
7 2 (20.00%) Azure

Security Advisor Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) AWS
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) GCP
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Firewall
2 3 (30.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (10.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Military
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (20.00%) JBoss Seam
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (20.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (10.00%) CESG
3 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 7 (70.00%) Risk Assessment
3 6 (60.00%) Decision-Making
3 6 (60.00%) Security Architecture
4 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (50.00%) Information Security
4 5 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (30.00%) DevOps
5 3 (30.00%) Information Assurance
6 2 (20.00%) Case Management
6 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
6 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
6 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
6 2 (20.00%) SIEM
7 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
7 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
7 1 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
7 1 (10.00%) SOAR
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) CISSP
5 1 (10.00%) CEH
5 1 (10.00%) CISA
5 1 (10.00%) CISM
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) NCSC
2 2 (20.00%) NIST
3 1 (10.00%) GDPR
3 1 (10.00%) HIPAA
3 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (10.00%) NIST 800
3 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Darktrace
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft